1969–70 St. John's Redmen basketball team

The 1969–70 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1969–70 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his fifth year at the school before he left to become the head coach of the New York Nets in the American Basketball Association. St. John's home games were played at Alumni Hall and Madison Square Garden.

1969–70 St. John's Redmen men's basketball
ConferenceIndependent
Record21–8
Head coach
Assistant coachJohn Kresse
CaptainJoe DePre
Home arenaAlumni Hall
Madison Square Garden
Seasons
1969–70 NCAA University Division men's basketball independents standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Jacksonville   27 2   .931
No. 5 New Mexico State   27 3   .900
No. 8 Marquette   26 3   .897
No. 3 St. Bonaventure   25 3   .893
No. 11 Florida State   23 3   .885
No. 12 Houston   25 5   .833
Army   22 6   .786
No. 17 Niagara   22 7   .759
No. 16 Utah State   22 7   .759
Villanova   22 7   .759
No. 9 Notre Dame   21 8   .724
St. John's   21 8   .724
Georgetown   18 7   .720
Duquesne   17 7   .708
Dayton   19 8   .704
Manhattan   18 8   .692
Hardin–Simmons   17 9   .654
Holy Cross   16 9   .640
Long Island   16 9   .640
Georgia Tech   17 10   .630
Creighton   15 10   .600
Seattle   15 10   .600
Boston University   14 10   .583
Butler   15 11   .577
Oklahoma City   17 13   .567
Fairleigh Dickinson   13 10   .565
Southern Illinois   13 10   .565
Colgate   14 11   .560
Providence   14 11   .560
Denver   13 11   .542
Loyola (IL)   13 11   .542
Penn State   13 11   .542
Rutgers   13 11   .542
Saint Peter's   13 11   .542
Northern Illinois   13 12   .520
Air Force   12 12   .500
Fairfield   12 12   .500
Iona   12 12   .500
NYU   12 12   .500
Pittsburgh   12 12   .500
Saint Francis (PA)   12 12   .500
Syracuse   12 12   .500
DePaul   12 13   .480
West Texas State   12 13   .480
Loyola (LA)   12 14   .462
Boston College   11 13   .458
Virginia Tech   10 12   .455
St. Francis (NY)   9 12   .429
West Virginia   11 15   .423
Canisius   9 13   .409
Fordham   10 15   .400
Seton Hall   10 15   .400
Marshall   9 14   .391
Miami (FL)   9 17   .346
Centenary   8 16   .333
Pan American   8 16   .333
Detroit   7 18   .280
Tulane   5 18   .217
Xavier   5 20   .200
Navy   4 19   .174
Portland   4 22   .154
Rankings from AP Poll

The Redmen reached the championship game of the National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to Marquette.[1]

Roster

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# Name Height Position Class Hometown Previous School(s) GP PPG RPG
5 Richie Lyons 6'0" G SO New Hyde Park, NY Holy Cross HS 29 5.5 1.1
10 Jim Smyth 6'5" G/F SR Brooklyn, NY St. John's Prep 29 10.9 2.3
11 Billy Paultz 6'11" C JR River Edge, NJ Cameron Junior College 29 15.8 14.4
15 Ralph Abraham 6'5" F SR Brooklyn, NY St. John's Prep 29 10.3 7.3
20 Mike Keilty 6'4" G SO Woodside, NY Holy Trinity HS 16 1.4 1.4
22 Neil Levane 6'2" G JR Great Neck, NY Great Neck South HS 8 2.0 0.5
24 Bill Phillips 7'0" C SO Hollis, NY Jamaica HS 10 1.0 2.0
25 Pete LaMantia (I) 6'3" G/F JR Bayside, NY Bishop Reilly HS 2 4.5 1.5
34 Richard Gilkes 6'6" G/F JR Westbury, NY Westbury HS 28 2.5 2.3
35 John DeVasto 6'0" G JR Bronx, NY Loyola School 20 1.9 0.5
44 Greg Cluess 6'8" F/C SO West Hempstead, NY St. Agnes HS 27 2.7 2.1
55 Joe DePre (C) 6'3" G SR Westbury, NY Westbury HS 29 16.5 5.8

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular Season
12/02/69*
No. 14 at Temple L 59-60  0-1
McGonigle Hall 
Philadelphia, PA
12/04/69*
No. 14 Harvard W 73-62  1-1
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
12/09/69*
at West Virginia W 76-60  2-1
Stansbury Hall 
Morgantown, WV
12/13/69*
Seton Hall W 83-64  3-1
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
12/15/69*
at Georgetown W 71-64  4-1
McDonough Gymnasium 
Washington, D.C.
12/19/69*
No. 4 Davidson W 74-62  5-1
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
12/22/69*
at Stanford W 63-59  6-1
Maples Pavilion 
Stanford, CA
12/23/69*
at No. 12 Southern California L 59-95  6-2
LA Sports Arena 
Los Angeles, CA
12/26/69*
vs. Iowa
Rainbow Classic
W 57-55  7-2
Neil S. Blaisdell Arena 
Honolulu, HI
12/29/69*
vs. Louisiana State
Rainbow Classic
L 70-78  7-3
Neil S. Blaisdell Arena 
Honolulu, HI
12/30/69*
vs. San Francisco
Rainbow Classic
L 60-67  7-4
Neil S. Blaisdell Arena 
Honolulu, HI
01/10/70*
Syracuse W 86-72  8-4
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
01/17/70*
St. Francis W 89-65  9-4
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
01/24/70*
Villanova W 60-57  10-4
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
01/28/70*
at Providence L 57-58 OT 10-5
Alumni Hall 
Providence, RI
01/31/70*
Pittsburgh W 67-58  11-5
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
02/03/70 & 02/04/70*
at Rhode Island W 85-67  12-5
Keaney Gymnasium 
Kingston, RI
02/07/70*
Army W 54-44  13-5
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
02/10/70*
at No. 16 Notre Dame L 76-90  13-6
Athletic & Convocation Center 
Notre Dame, IN
02/14/70*
Fordham W 80-53  14-6
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
02/18/70*
St. Joseph's W 47-46  15-6
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
02/21/70*
at Niagara L 70-72  15-7
NU Student Center 
Lewiston, NY
02/24/70*
Holy Cross W 75-62  16-7
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
02/28/70*
NYU W 64-53  17-7
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
03/02/70*
at Boston College W 71-64  18-7
Roberts Center 
Chestnut Hill, MA
NIT Tournament
03/13/70*
vs. Miami (OH)
NIT First Round
W 70-57  19-7
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
03/16/70*
vs. Georgia Tech
NIT Quarterfinal
W 56-55  20-7
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
03/19/70*
vs. Army
NIT Semifinal
W 60-59  21-7
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
03/21/70*
vs. No. 8 Marquette
NIT Championship
L 53-65  21-8
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Team players drafted into the NBA

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Round Pick Player NBA Club
2 29 Joe DePre Phoenix Suns
7 103 Billy Paultz San Diego Rockets

References

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  1. ^ "Marquette Wins NIT Tourney". Anderson Herald. March 22, 1970. p. 24. Retrieved June 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.